Representative · Tennessee's 7th district
Matt Van Epps
Matt Van Epps is a Republican representative for Tennessee's 7th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 364 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 0, and cast 260 of 262 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Dec 4, 2025
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressHouse of Representatives | 364 | 0.0%0 of 364 · rank 413 of 439 | 99%260 of 262 · rank 107 of 439 | 80 became law | 9%9 of 99 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
- Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
8 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced788%
- Passed one chamber113%
Policy areas
- Armed Forces and National Security3
- Crime and Law Enforcement1
- Government Operations and Politics1
- International Affairs1
- Science, Technology, Communications1
- Transportation and Public Works1
Latest activity
- H.R. 10470 SHIELD for Victims Act of 2026Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 16, 2026
- H.Res. 1497 Commemorating the 13 United States servicemembers killed at Abbey Gate during and as a result of President Biden's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Aug 27, 2026
- H.R. 8168 Major Non-NATO Ally Terror Threat Assessment ActPassed one chamber· International Affairs· Jul 14, 2026
- H.R. 9232 Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense ActIntroduced· Transportation and Public Works· Jul 7, 2026
- H.R. 9589 Declaration of Independence Reaffirmation Act of 2026Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 2, 2026
- H.R. 9307 Web of Biological Data Act of 2026Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Jun 11, 2026
- H.R. 8281 Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Apr 14, 2026
- H.R. 7932 HONOR Gold Star Families ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Mar 12, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to Tennessee's 7th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $495.9M
- Per resident
- $625
- Rank in Tennessee
- 5 of 9
- Contract actions
- 4,581
- New awards: 2,722
By fiscal year
- 392.3MFY2017
- 528.4MFY2018
- 370.6MFY2019
- 594.7MFY2020
- 387.7MFY2021
- 487MFY2022
- 550.4MFY2023
- 592.1MFY2024
- 694.9MFY2025
- 495.9MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Veterans Affairs$144.4M29%
- U.S. Special Operations Command$113.1M23%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$89.3M18%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$45.6M9.2%Department of Defense
- Department of Justice
- Department of the Air Force$17.7M3.6%Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Federal Emergency Management Agency$8.8M1.8%Department of Homeland Security
Top recipients
- BOEING SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT SUPPORT, LLC$112.2M23%1 award
- L3HARRIS FORCEX, INC.$70.9M14%8 awards
- CHANGE HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS, LLC$26.2M5.3%4 awards
- ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC.$23.3M4.7%585 awards
- CGS ADMINISTRATORS, LLC$17.4M3.5%2 awards
- DIALYSIS CLINIC, INC.$17.2M3.5%6 awards
- VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$16.7M3.4%48 awards
- WELLPATH LLC$16.3M3.3%481 awards
- REEL COH INC$14.8M3.0%1 award
- SEMPER TEK INC$10.6M2.1%1 award
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $2.3M
- through Jul 17, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $208K
- From committees
- $607.6K
- 155 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $53.5K
- 16 PACs · 9% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac | $10K | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization | $6.6M |
| health care service corporationhealth care service corporation employees' political action committee | $5,000 | HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, A MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $16M |
| corecivic, inc.corecivic, inc. political action committee (corecivic pac) | $5,000 | CORECIVIC, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $449.8M |
| united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac) | $3,500 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $685.7K |
| the boeing companythe boeing company pac | $3,500 | THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization | $9B |
| mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac) | $3,000 | MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $125K |
| general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac) | $3,000 | GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $29.3K |
| american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee | $2,500 | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| waste managementwaste management employees better government fund | $2,500 | WASTE MANAGEMENT OF OHIO, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | — |
| american college of emergency physiciansnational emergency medicine political action committee / american college of emergency physicians | $2,500 | AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $92K |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · Tennessee's 7th districtDec 4, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- vanepps.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-2811
- Office
- 2446 Rayburn House Office Building
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.